German submarine U-335
Cross-section of a Type VIIC U-boat.
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Name | U-335 |
Ordered | 15 August 1940 |
Builder | Nordseewerke, Emden |
Yard number | 207 |
Laid down | 3 January 1941 |
Launched | 15 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 17 December 1941 |
Fate | Sunk on 3 August 1942 by the submarine HMS Saracen. |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 47 884 |
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Victories: | None |
German submarine U-335 was a
Design and description
U-301 had a maximum speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) while surfaced and a maximum speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) when submerged.
Construction and career
Ordered on 15 August 1940, U-335 was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Herman Pilkner.[3]
Between 17 December 1941 and 29 July 1942, U-335 conducted training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla. At the end of her training period, U-335 was assigned to join the 6th U-boat Flotilla, based in St.Nazaire, France. The boat's one and only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 30 July 1942.[4] Atlantic-bound,[5] she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Saracen southeast of the Faroe Islands on 3 August.[5] Forty-three men died; there was one survivor.[3]
References
- ^ "U-335 – Interrogation Report". uboatarchive.net. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Gröner, Jung & Maass 1991, pp. 43–46.
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-335". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-335". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ a b Kemp 1999, p. 86.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- Kemp, Paul (1999). U-Boats Destroyed – German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
External links
- U-boat Archive: "U 335" Interrogation of Sole Survivor Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-335". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 335". Deutsche U-Boote 1935–1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.